Necktie-holder



J. T. CLARK. NECKTIEHOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 9, x920.

, Patented. Oct. H, 1921.. Y

To all ham it may concern:

' JOHN T. crank, or-Pnovo, UTAH.

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App1ication filed. November 9, 1920. Serial No. 422,842.

Be it known thatI, J OI-IN T. CLARK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Provo,

in the county of Utah and State of Utah, have invented new and useful Improvements in Necktie-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists of an improvement on my former invention of necktie holders patented Oct. 14,1919, BIO/1,318,846, and the objects are to provide a more suitable button engaging loop which can be applied to various kinds and sizes of buttons and which is practically invisible while in use and also to provide a more suitable means of connecting the several parts of the device.

I attain these'and otherobjects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which Figure. 1 is a front elevation of the device with parts connected for use with a lowv collar. Fig. 2 is a front elevation withparts connected for use with a high collar and showing the position of engagement with the collar button. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the middle loop of the device shown in Fig. 1 and also showing the position of engagement with the collar button. Fig. 4: is a front elevation'of the device showing the tie in position for use.

In the several figures of the drawing letter A. designates a piece of spring wire which is bent at the middle forming a return bed 1 and two short parallel portions of wire 2, 2. Thence the wire turns backward forming two bends 3, 3 best shown in Fig. 3. Thence the wire is given sharp lateral bends formingthe lobes 4, 1 and then crosses at the point 5. In the diverging end portions of a the wire are formedany desired number of loops 6, 6 and after making broader turns 7, 7 the end portions terminate in small loops The holes 4,4 are adapted to fit astride the stem 9 of the collar button while the rim Specification 01 Letters Patent.

Patented (Bot. 11, 1921..

v of one or more rubber bands and is provided at each end with suitable tips or links or connections 12, 12. These tips may preferably consist of rings fastenedto the elastic bands 11. The rings 12,12 may be set in the loops 8, 8 or in the loops 6,6 according as the collar is high or low, or may be detached from the wire A entirely without disturbing the setting of the tie on the band 11. A number of thesebands 11 with rings at the ends may be provided and ties hung upon them. The ties will then be readily interchangeableupon the wire A.

The broad loops 7 fit between the folds of the collar and present a large surface of contact which prevents injury to the'collar.

I claim:

1. A necktie holder comprising a piece of spring wire with a button engaging loop medially therein, said loop consisting of a cen-. tral return bend adapted to project in front of the collar button, two anterior bends adapted to rest on opposite sides of the uppersurface of the rim of the collar button, andtwo lateral bends adapted to fit astride thestem of the collar button; one or more side loops in each free end of'the wire; and anelastic' band connectlng a pair of said side loops. I

2. A necktie medially therein, said loop containing 0 positely located bends adapted to fit astride the stem ofthe collar button, and one or more side loops in each free end of the wire, and resilient means connecting a pair of said side loops.

3. A necktie holder comprising a piece of spring wire with a button engaging loop medially therein, said loop consisting of a central return bend adapted to project in front of the collar button, two anterior bends adapted to rest on the opposite sides of the upper surface of the rim of the collar but-t holder comprising a piece of .spr1ng w1re having a button engaging loop ton, and two lateral bends adapted to fit astride the stem of the collar button; one or more side loops in each free end of the wire; and an elastic band provided with links and connecting a pair of said side loops r JOHN T. CLARK. 

